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Nguyen M, De Ninno A, Mencattini A, Mermet-Meillon F, Fornabaio G, Evans SS, Cossutta M, Khira Y, Han W, Sirven P, Pelon F, Di Giuseppe D, Bertani FR, Gerardino A, Yamada A, Descroix S, Soumelis V, Mechta-Grigoriou F, Zalcman G, Camonis J, Martinelli E, Businaro L, Parrini MC. Dissecting Effects of Anti-cancer Drugs and Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts by On-Chip Reconstitution of Immunocompetent Tumor Microenvironments. Cell Rep 2019; 25:3884-3893.e3. [PMID: 30590056 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2018] [Revised: 08/06/2018] [Accepted: 12/03/2018] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
Abstract
A major challenge in cancer research is the complexity of the tumor microenvironment, which includes the host immunological setting. Inspired by the emerging technology of organ-on-chip, we achieved 3D co-cultures in microfluidic devices (integrating four cell populations: cancer, immune, endothelial, and fibroblasts) to reconstitute ex vivo a human tumor ecosystem (HER2+ breast cancer). We visualized and quantified the complex dynamics of this tumor-on-chip, in the absence or in the presence of the drug trastuzumab (Herceptin), a targeted antibody therapy directed against the HER2 receptor. We uncovered the capacity of the drug trastuzumab to specifically promote long cancer-immune interactions (>50 min), recapitulating an anti-tumoral ADCC (antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity) immune response. Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) antagonized the effects of trastuzumab. These observations constitute a proof of concept that tumors-on-chip are powerful platforms to study ex vivo immunocompetent tumor microenvironments, to characterize ecosystem-level drug responses, and to dissect the roles of stromal components.
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Affiliation(s)
- Marie Nguyen
- Institut Curie, Centre de Recherche, Paris Sciences et Lettres Research University, 75005 Paris, France; ART Group, INSERM U830, 75005 Paris, France
| | - Adele De Ninno
- Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnology, Italian National Research Council, 00156 Rome, Italy; Department of Civil Engineering and Computer Science, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy
| | - Arianna Mencattini
- Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy
| | - Fanny Mermet-Meillon
- Institut Curie, Centre de Recherche, Paris Sciences et Lettres Research University, 75005 Paris, France; ART Group, INSERM U830, 75005 Paris, France
| | - Giulia Fornabaio
- Institut Curie, Centre de Recherche, Paris Sciences et Lettres Research University, 75005 Paris, France; ART Group, INSERM U830, 75005 Paris, France
| | - Sophia S Evans
- Institut Curie, Centre de Recherche, Paris Sciences et Lettres Research University, 75005 Paris, France; ART Group, INSERM U830, 75005 Paris, France
| | - Mélissande Cossutta
- Institut Curie, Centre de Recherche, Paris Sciences et Lettres Research University, 75005 Paris, France; ART Group, INSERM U830, 75005 Paris, France
| | - Yasmine Khira
- Institut Curie, Centre de Recherche, Paris Sciences et Lettres Research University, 75005 Paris, France; ART Group, INSERM U830, 75005 Paris, France
| | - Weijing Han
- Institut Curie, Centre de Recherche, Paris Sciences et Lettres Research University, 75005 Paris, France; ART Group, INSERM U830, 75005 Paris, France
| | - Philémon Sirven
- Institut Curie, Centre de Recherche, Paris Sciences et Lettres Research University, 75005 Paris, France; Immunity and Cancer, INSERM U932, INSERM Center of Clinical Investigations, CIC IGR Curie, 75005 Paris, France
| | - Floriane Pelon
- Institut Curie, Centre de Recherche, Paris Sciences et Lettres Research University, 75005 Paris, France; Stress and Cancer Team, labelized by Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, INSERM U830, 75005 Paris, France
| | - Davide Di Giuseppe
- Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy
| | - Francesca Romana Bertani
- Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnology, Italian National Research Council, 00156 Rome, Italy
| | - Annamaria Gerardino
- Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnology, Italian National Research Council, 00156 Rome, Italy
| | - Ayako Yamada
- Institut Curie, Centre de Recherche, Paris Sciences et Lettres Research University, 75005 Paris, France; Laboratoire Physico Chimie Curie, CNRS UMR168, 75005 Paris, France; Institut Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, 75005 Paris, France
| | - Stéphanie Descroix
- Institut Curie, Centre de Recherche, Paris Sciences et Lettres Research University, 75005 Paris, France; Laboratoire Physico Chimie Curie, CNRS UMR168, 75005 Paris, France; Institut Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, 75005 Paris, France
| | - Vassili Soumelis
- Institut Curie, Centre de Recherche, Paris Sciences et Lettres Research University, 75005 Paris, France; Immunity and Cancer, INSERM U932, INSERM Center of Clinical Investigations, CIC IGR Curie, 75005 Paris, France
| | - Fatima Mechta-Grigoriou
- Institut Curie, Centre de Recherche, Paris Sciences et Lettres Research University, 75005 Paris, France; Stress and Cancer Team, labelized by Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, INSERM U830, 75005 Paris, France
| | - Gérard Zalcman
- Institut Curie, Centre de Recherche, Paris Sciences et Lettres Research University, 75005 Paris, France; ART Group, INSERM U830, 75005 Paris, France; Centre d'Investigation Clinique (CIC) 1425, Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard, Université Paris-Diderot, Paris, France
| | - Jacques Camonis
- Institut Curie, Centre de Recherche, Paris Sciences et Lettres Research University, 75005 Paris, France; ART Group, INSERM U830, 75005 Paris, France
| | - Eugenio Martinelli
- Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy
| | - Luca Businaro
- Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnology, Italian National Research Council, 00156 Rome, Italy
| | - Maria Carla Parrini
- Institut Curie, Centre de Recherche, Paris Sciences et Lettres Research University, 75005 Paris, France; ART Group, INSERM U830, 75005 Paris, France.
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